Chris Barth

Giveaway: Beach House’s New Album “Bloom”

Read our review of Beach House’s gorgeous new album Bloom here. Enter our contest to win a copy of Bloom on CD and Vinyl here.

Review: Beach House – Bloom

The dream pop duo has recorded an album that is spotless from start to finish, an unquestionably beautiful collection of songs. But man, does it sound familiar.

Review: Death Grips – The Money Store

It feels like something new and it should come with an “I Survived The Money Store” t-shirt.

Review: Willis Earl Beal – Acousmatic Sorcery

Acousmatic Sorcery is less a collection of songs and more an experiment in sound-making, as if Willis Earl Beal walks to and fro, picking up instruments and figuring out how to use them make something like music.

Review: Burial – Kindred EP

Burial pins down the unsettling elements of everyday urban life — the anonymity, the disorienting movement, the shared loneliness — and communicates them, nearly wordlessly, in a way that makes them seem simultaneously familiar and foreboding

Review: WZRD (Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius) – WZRD

Kid Cudi is a better singer/guitarist than Lil Wayne.

Review & Stream: Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror

How do you catch thunder in a bottle twice?

Review: Poliça – Give You The Ghost

Give You The Ghost is a potent mix of double-drum heartbeats and agile melodies, and it strikes both emotional and visceral nerves.

Album Review: ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions

It would be difficult to come up with a better title for ScHoolboy Q’s second album, Habits & Contradictions. It’s a calming album at times, but leaves the listener’s pulse racing, even after 17 tracks and over an hour of music.

Album Review: James Blake – Enough Thunder EP

Enough Thunder is not Blake’s most dynamic or genre-defying work, but neither is it a definitive statement of what is to come. Instead, it is a snapshot of a period of his creativity, a peek into his sketchbook.

Album Review: Das Racist – Relax

Das Racist’s first official album, Relax, is challenging, but it tries your expectations, not your attention span.

Album Review: St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

Strange Mercy is Clark’s most whole, poignant work to date. It’s an exciting evolution for St. Vincent’s sound — a visceral album full of beauty and chaos. And, perhaps most exciting, it sounds like Annie Clark is still just beginning.

Album Review: Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV

There was a point in time when Lil Wayne was untouchable. He could spin syrupy bars about being a Martian and somehow sound believable.

ALBUM REVIEW: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne

Welcome to a shot at legacy. A stab at doing something different and, in doing so, rekindling the hunger that can so often be sated by success. Welcome to Watch the Throne.

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